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Rudy Giuliani is an outstanding leader and would be a formidable candidate for president.

The typical response to a potential candidacy at this late stage is precisely that - it’s very late in the process. Then again, you can take a look at some of the candidates who have been organizing and building for months or a year, and are dog-paddling along in single digits. Without question, if Giuliani were to get in the race he would zoom right past those “contenders” into the first tier.

Yet, being in the first tier and winning the nomination are two different things. It would be a tremendous challenge to jump in at this point and quickly build the organization that would be necessary to sustain momentum long enough to win the nomination.

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